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...Hungarian March, "Rakoczy"Berlioz *Overture to "der Freischutz" Weber *Fugue a la Gigue Bach-Holst Austrian Peasant Dances Schonherr Wedding March-Schuhplattler-Hog Dance-Zwoaschritt *Suite from "Carmen" Bizet Aragonaise-Intermezzo-Gypsy Dance *Pavane for a Dead Infanta Bizet *Finale, Fourth Symphony Tchaikovsky Allegro con fuoco "Smoke Drift" Peggy Stuart Piano soloist: PEGGY STUART (First performance) *Entrance of the Little Fauns Pierne *First Slavonic Dance Dvorak

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT THE POPS | 5/9/1940 | See Source »

...apprentice, genial "Judge" Israel W. Durham, took over, carried on the pattern until 1905, finally died of what was termed "paralysis of the heart"-which was no surprise to some cynical Philadelphia taxpayers. After him came "The Dukes," the three Vare brothers, sons of a South Philadelphia hog-breeder: 1) George, one of the "King's" lieutenants, a contractor; 2) Edwin H., an ashman who extended his control of the neck to most of Philadelphia, died in 1922 controlling most of Pennsylvania's politicos and courts; 3) William, the youngest, whom the U. S. Senate refused to seat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PENNSYLVANIA: Mr. Pew at Valley Forge | 5/6/1940 | See Source »

...publicized him as the "German Dempsey," and, by storming into the ring and yelling "Foul" when Jack Sharkey hit Schmeling a questionably low blow, is generally credited with winning the world's heavyweight championship for Schmeling in 1930. Five years ago, Jacobs got hold of hog-fat, washed-up Tony Galento, ballyhooed him into a national celebrity, into the position of No. 1 challenger for Joe Louis' heavyweight crown. Had Louis stayed on the canvas nine more seconds, Joe Jacobs would have had his sixth world's champion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: We Wuz Robbed | 5/6/1940 | See Source »

Clarifying my stand, any interest I may take in this contemporary hog-wash and sticky twaddle handed out by the so-called name bands of today is merely to uplift, to purge for the benefit of you cats, to reform jazz style back to the days of its pristine glory--the days when jazz was the finest expression of The American Ideal and a bulwark of democracy. When those things go, where is America? But I have been trying to uplift the present stuff and even my enemies, of whom I have legion, will admit that my attempt has been...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWING | 4/20/1940 | See Source »

...Corn Products Refining Co.'s trade name for zein, a protein substance which occurs in corn. Chemist William Bentley Newkirk of Corn Products has spent seven years making mazein into a successful plastic. He obtains it from gluten-a residue of starch manufacture which is ordinarily sold as hog & cattle feed at 2? per lb.-by extracting it with solvents, purifying and precipitating it. The resultant plastic, soluble in both paint solutions and water, is a sort of cross between casein and bakelite. Uses: buttons, laminated boards, high-speed printing ink ingredient, waterproof and oilproof varnish for paper. Mazein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: More Chemurgy | 4/8/1940 | See Source »

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